Today was cave-crazed. In the morning we visited Prosperos Cave which is near & maybe part of a resort. It was fairly renovated–it had man-made stairs and a ladder into a pool of water (for swimming). There were millions of awesome stalactites with a certain algae on it that we thought was possibly a mineral deposit, but upon further inspection I’m 88% sure it’s algae.
Then we took a more commercial route and toured the Crystal Cave, discovered by 2 boys playing cricket about 100 years ago. Good thing they had rope. The water inside was beautiful blue and CRYSTAL clear, and also where 4 iPhones had met a watery grave. More gorgeous stalactites too. I gotta say though I prefer caves that are left alone. The cave we went to a few days ago by Tom Moore’s Tavern was in a relative jungle (which was cool & unusual after seeing so much of Bermuda that has been developed), and we went in and turned all our flashlights off and it is so absolutely black. An unmatched feeling. However the Crystal Caves had much more well-developed speleothems. And they’re protected now which is good.
the afternoon was a blast also; we swam INSIDE a cave!! It was chilly and quite salty, but there weren’t any deep sea creatures looking around to nibble at our toes which was good. You just never know in the Triangle. The bottom of the pool of water was pretty silty and lifeless. Until I tried to take a picture upside-down and my mask and snorkel slipped off and also met a watery grave…or so I thought!! But Matt was very heroic despite the deep & kind of eerie water and retrieved them. Not without teasing me, but I probably deserved that. I also found the $80 that I had lost earlier on this trip today. Hooray!
After that drama, we zipped down to St. George’s and saw a HUGE yacht owned by a Russian gazillionaire, complete with swimming pools and helicopter pads. Plural. Wild! I tried to go up close to it, but someone on deck waved me away.
Also there were lots of cute seed beaks at lunch!
It’s also really exciting to be getting better acquainted with the island of Bermuda and the lay-out of things. And to feel more comfortable on the lefty roads! Look right, then left.
Miscellaneous: Saw three cats.